Hello! This episode is about Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert. She came to fame with Eat, Pray, Love. I did not read that book, but I did read Big Magic. I actually rather liked this book. She works to give you permission to be creative, whatever that may mean to you. She stresses that you do not have to get famous or make money with your "art" to be creative. Just get out there and make something! Hopefully, you feel motivated to read her book after you listen to this podcast.

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This book is not for the weak. Eddie Jaku survived the Holocaust. He is an Auschwitz survivor who gives us some profound lessons about happiness in this book. He maintains that happiness is a choice, that there are certain factors that help us choose to be happy, but that ultimately, it is up to each of us to choose to be happy. What am I going to do? Not agree with this guy!? It's a great book, but a little heavy for casual reading.

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I'm back!! After a long Holiday break and the craziness of the New Year, I am bringing Self Help Yourself back with a banger of a first episode. I read Carry Fisher's The Princess Diaries. I was blown away by her writing...which my wife informed me is well-known to be amazing (Carry has helped write quite a few good movies and written some other books). I found her writing to be wonderfully personal and poetic. This is a must read, and not just for Star Wars fans...even Star Trek fans would like this, I think.

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This episode is a wonderful conversation with Will R Young, a CFP, stoic philosopher, and the author of The Enough Equation. I messed up royally with the technology required in this episode, so it is a bit of a Frankenstein's Monster situation...just in time for Thanksgiving. No better time for a conversation about trying to detach from our American Materialism. I hope you enjoy it. You can find Will at WiLLRYoung on YouTube and WiLL Young CFP on LinkedIn. He is also on TikTok as @thorlightningingzeusthunder and X/Twitter at @Will_Young26.

I review Cait Flanders' book, The Year of Less. In the spirit of less, I have very little negative to say about it. I enjoyed this book quite a lot. She saves the more self-helpy portion for the end after telling you of her experience with her own experiment. It is a refreshing book that organically highlights some common and helpful self improvement tips. Please go check it out.

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This book is a real mishmash for me. It reads like it was written in the 1950s but references stuff that has happened in the relative recent past. The book was published in 2004 for goodness sake! I have organized my comments about this book in order of worst tip to bets tips. Honestly, there are some fantastic tips in here that I have used to Big Success in my Relationships. And you can too!

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Hey gang. I interviewed Colby Wilk, an Intuitive Guide and Wayfinder. He is all about what he calls self-acceptance. We discussed his advice for working toward self-acceptance. He explained that improvement he sees in his clients usually happens once that person accepts the situation or circumstances that person is in and then concentrates on learning from, rather than fighting through, the situation. You want the nitty-gritty, dive into the episode.

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Hello all! This episode is all about Charlamagne tha God's book, Get Honest or Die Lying: Why Small Talk Sucks. This book is fantastic! I really enjoyed it. I feel like I learned a lot...even if his friend Aaron thinks I am the enemy. Come see what I loved so much about this book and then check out the book for yourself!

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